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Pimp Up My Valentine

Last year I received two Valentine Day cards. One from the city of Eugene in Oregon,USA. Thank you Loony.

Which I think was from a lady admirer …… hmmm……. or from the Axman who might be called Tim 🙂

The second I know who that was from. Thank you.

This year I am asking YOU to send me a Valentine card by Feb 14th to pimp up my Valentine’s day.

There are two reasons for this request.

Firstly I love to receive cards, which I will scan and post (but no names).

Secondly, I lost a Spanish friend who had a fall soon after leaving hospital. His son. a village policeman, who spent many nights beside his bed in the same ward, collects postage stamps. And it would be nice if I could send him a selection from all over the world.

83 Comments on “Pimp Up My Valentine”

Woot!! what a great idea, now I can pretend I’m sending you the card so you can give the stamp to your young friend, but it will really be the chance to requite my deep, abiding adoration for you. (Is there such a word as “requite”? I guess so) This comment is being written on a hi-jacked computer, so it’s really not from me. 🙂 xox

Requite : You can requite a friend’s kindness by doing your friend a favor or by being kind in return.

Hi hi-jacker Yvonne 😀
Woah !! After reading your comment I can’t wait to see what’s in my letter box from you. The mind boggles at the thought. Will it be a love letter or a bill ? I ask myself 😉 Big hug. Ralph xox 😀

Amazingly and so quickly my friend you went on an extreme adventure yesterday, braving the elements, powering through the canals of Venice, Italy, queuing to purchase stamps and sending me this email. Yes, Yvonne, it is love 😀 Thank you so much. xox
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“Today, I went out in weather like this:
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And stood in this line for 15 minutes:
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to buy these stamps, to put on this envelope, which will hold THE card:
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I rode home on this vaporetto:
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and, I saw this out the window:
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If this isn’t love, I just don’t know what it is!

Yvonne”

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I wonder what other deeds of great courage and determination other readers have faced to send a Valentine Card 😀

In keeping with my “no expenses spared” philosophy {well, maybe it was a bit cheap, it was all I could get}, the card is on its way to you. It turned out there was no glue on the envelope flap, so I had to seal it shut with surgical tape, which luckily I had with me, along with the mini 5H enema kit. I’ll be waiting with bated breath for the card to plunk into your mailbox. (Or whatever sound arriving mail makes in your town.) Cheers a tutti! 😀

😆 So funny !! As there are conditions such as surgical tape which I may have to re-use and an enema kit, I will open your plunky card just before Valentine’s Day. I daren’t open the envelope and use the kit before then as I may never sit on my office chair again for weeks 😉
Snail mail arrives at 0915am weekday mornings so I will listen out for the plunk 😀 Thank you my friend xox

No. My cats are fearless. “Into battle !!” they cry. And promptly fall asleep 😉 They would also love cards to pat around the salon Have you got any “patting around the salon” cards ? If not, a Valentine’s card to me would have to be your last resort ……other than sending nothing at all of course 😉 xox

Hi RoSy 😀 Wow !! Thank you !! My favourite colour is aquamarine with a dash of ocean blue, toned with Alpine snow, contrasted with a hint of a desert camel by a oasis of date palm beige. Does that help ? 😉 Big hug honey. Ralph xox 😀

Hello Gallivanta 😀 That’s so sweet of you. Thank you so much !! If it’s okay with you there is no need to steam stamps off envelopes, just cut around the stamp as Pedro, Phil the Latalist, likes to do it his own way. Big hug. Ralph xox 😀

Good morning LuAnn 😀 I agree. I had to start early as I have readers from 120 countries, many are flooded out, snowbound, or live out in the woods miles from nowhere. I had to give them a chance to at least think about sending a Valentine’s Day card.
I do hope you are both well and maybe planning a new adventure on the highway. Love. Ralph xox 😀

I’m sorry about your friend, but what a great project. Were you a project engineer in your former life? This is such a sweet one. I have Christmas stamps left over. That sounds like my Grandmother – never waste! 🙂 Happy Valentine’s Day. I’ll be looking for just the right card. 🙂

Thanks MVBF Marsha 😀 No, not a project engineer, more like a duck bill platypus in a former life 😉 Thank you for considering sending a card with extra stamps. He’ll love them. I have told Pedro about this post and he’s thrilled to bits. Ralph xox 😀

Such a coincidence dearest! I’ve been wanting to send you something for so long and wanted to ask for your address! And what a sweet and fun man you are… I know I’ve said that many times, but truths must be said : ) Good luck tomorrow precious******** These are not just the usual kisses I am sending, I put some magic stardust inside… for my special friend who found the king in his cake, so this year will bring him more health, love and joy!!

Hello my dear Pelly 😀 Not only do I love your kisses but the addition wisp of magical stardust is such a wonderful bonus. I just know you are spellbinding 😀 Have a lovely week my friend. Hugs. Ralph xox 😀

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